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J MUNGER & A. A. BUTLER.

CURTAIN POLE TIP. v 7 No. 302,665 Patented July 29, 1884.

JOSEPH MUN GER, OF WVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, AND ARTHUR A. BUT- LER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO THE SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN-POLE TIP.

SJPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,665, dated July 29, 188%.

Application filed June 9,1884. (No model.)

tions of-the several parts of a pole-tip with a.

curtain-pole, and in the combination, with a pole and pole-tip and a screw-threaded rod, whereby they are secured together, of a metallic socket fitted at its one end to the pole and at its other end to the pole-tip, and forminga connection between them, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of. the end portion of a curtain-pole and a pole-tip embodying our invention, the screw-rod being extended entirely through the tip, and having a head which forms a terminal to the tip. Fig. 2 is a section similar to Fig. 1, and differing therefrom onlyin the shape of the metal 0 portion of the tip and the form of the screwhead or terminal; and Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 1, and in which the screw or screw threaded rod has no head, but is screwed at oneend into one of the wooden pieces of the 3 5 tip.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

In all the fig'ures, A designates the end portion of a curtain-pole, usually made of wood, 0 and B B C designate the several separable parts which compose the pole-tip, and which are secured together in close juxtaposition and to the pole by means of a screw-threaded rod, D. Referring now particularly to Fig. 1, it will be observed that the portion or part C consists of an approximatelycylindric shell of metal, which is formed with circumferential beads a, and the edges of which are turned in to form flanges or shoulder-like portions 1) Z). The partsB B are made of wood, and are tions 1) 1) thereof.

or may be highly finished in any suitable manner. lar projections c c, or bosses forming shoulders at the bases of said projections. The bosses or projections c 0', respectively, enter the metal band or shell C, and are properly centered by the flanges or shoulder-like por- These flanges b b have a bearing on the shoulders formed by the pro jections c c.

In this example of our invention we have shown a socket or socket-piece,E, as interposed between the tip and the end of the pole A. It is made of metal, and its edges are turned in to .form flanges or shoulder-like portions (Z d, which receive hubs or projections e e on the pole A and part B, and thus properly center the tip relatively to the pole.

The screw-rod D (shown in Fig. 1) passes entirely through the tip, and has at the outer end a head, f, (here shown as of spherical form,) and at the inner end it is screwed into the end of the pole. By screwing up the rod all parts of the tip and the socketpiece E are held in close juxtaposition and to the pole.

In the example of our invention shown in Fig. 2 the construction is the same as in Fig. 1, save that theheadf of the screw-rodD is of dif ferent form, and the form of the metallic part C of the tip is difierent. The part C has shoulderlike portions or flanges b b, which receive the circular projections c c on the parts B B, and the socket-piece E has flanges or shoulder-like portions d d, which receive the circular projections e c on the pole A and tip portion B.

In the example of our invention shown in Fig. 3 the construction is like that shown in Fig. 1, save that the part B of the tip is provided with a terminal, 9, and the rod D is furnished at its outer end with a screw-thread which screws into the part B of the tip.

In the examples of our invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the parts are tightly clamped by taking hold of the screw-thread f and turning the screw.

In the example of our invention shown in Fig. 3 the parts are clamped together by taking hold. of the tip portion B and turning it relatively to the other parts.

In all the examples of our invention the They have at their adjacent ends circu- No portion of the shell C fits the rod, but the shell is Wholly supported and centered by the portions B B of wood on opposite sides thereof. WVhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. The combination, with a curtain-pole, of

' a tip composed of two portions of wood, B B,

a screw-rod, D,'passing through said portions and into the pole, and serving to directly center said portions relatively to the pole, and a metallic shell or portion, 0, interposed between the portions B B, and centered on said. portions, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with a curtain-pole, of a tip composed of the parts B B, formed with circular bosses or projections o c, and an interposed metallic shell or part, G, larger in diameter than said bosses or projections, and 'formed with inwardly-projecting flanges b b, which receive the said bosses or projections Within them, and have a bearing on' the shoulders formed by said bosses or projections, and a screw-rod whereby the several parts of the tip are secured together and to the pole, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with a curtain-pole, of 5 a tip secured thereto by a screw-rod, and a metallic socket or socket-piece interposed between the pole and tip, substantially as herein described.

4. The combination, with a curtain-pole and pole-tip, each provided with a circular boss or projection, of a metallic socket or socket-piece interposed between the pole and pole-tip, and

having inwardly-projecting flanges which re-- ceive the bosses or projections of the pole and pole-tip,'and a screw-rod whereby'the several parts are'secured together, substantially as herein described.

5. The combination of the pole-A, having the boss or projection e, the tip composed of the parts B B. having the circular bosses or projections c c c, and the metal shell or portion 0, having the flanges b b, the socket-piece E, havingflanges d d, and the screw-rod D, all substantially as herein described.

JOSEPH MUNGER. A THUR, A. BUTLER.

WVitnesses to the signature of Arthur A.

. Butler:

FREDK. HAYNES, O. E, LUNDGREN. 

